The year ahead for Fox Consumer Products

Fox Consumer Products is gearing up for a busy 2012 - with major pushes planned across its portfolio.

Our special eight-page guide includes details, facts and figures on key brands such as The Simpsons, Glee, Family Guy, Ice Age and Terra Nova.

"As we continue to expand our activities into new territories, especially within the Central and Eastern European region, our focus still remains in all markets on building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships, with all our partners: licensees, retailers, agents and promotional agencies," said Carl Lumbard, SVP and managing director, Fox Consumer Products EMEA.

There?s no question that 2011 was a tough year for the industry, with costs of every aspect of the design, development and manufacturing process increasing, while the retail environment took something of a battering. Find out what top toy industry execs expect from the business in 2012...

After taking apart its magnetic construction offering, Mega Brands returns next month with a completely redesigned building system, Magnext, which promises to re-ignite a category plagued by safety concerns. Ronnie Dungan visited the firm?s Oxfordshire HQ, to find out how it?s all clicking into place?.

Since launching on BBC2 last September, Ludorum?s Chuggington property has already built up a healthy fan base. Now, with a consumer products programme ready to roll out in earnest, the company is aiming to grow its existing success even further. Samantha Loveday reports...